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Personal Statement
John Bachtler is Professor of European Policy Studies and a Director of the European Policies Research Centre. His research experience is principally in regional and industrial development in Europe, encompassing the economic development policies of the EU28 Member States and several other European countries, the structural and cohesion policies of the European Union, EU integration and enlargement. He has led EPRC research on regional policy, rural development, territorial development, foreign investment, RTDI and policy evaluation. He has been an expert adviser to numerous government departments across Western, Central and Eastern Europe, and an adviser to European organisations (European Parliament, European Commission, Committee of the Regions, European Court of Auditors, Assembly of European Regions)as well as the OECD and Nordic Council of Ministers. He has been an Expert Adviser to ten EU Presidencies over the past 15 years on budgetary, policy and regulatory reform, and directs the IQ-Net programme of research and knowledge-exchange on the management and implementation of Structural Funds across the EU. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, and Fellow of the Regional Studies Association.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Regional policy
- Regional development
- European integration
- EU Cohesion policy
- EU Structural and Investment Funds
- Administrative capacity
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Network
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Improving the Quality of Structural Funds Management through Exchange of Experience (IQ-Net 8)
1/01/21 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Cohesion and the EU's budget: is conditionality undermining solidarity?
Bachtler, J. & Mendez, C., 27 Aug 2020, Governance and politics in the post-crisis European Union . Coman, R., Crespy, A. & Schmidt, V. A. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 121-139 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Cohesion policy: doing more with less
Bachtler, J. & Mendez, C., 30 Nov 2020, Policy-Making in the European Union. Wallace, H., Pollack, M., Roederer-Rynning, C. & Young, A. (eds.). 8th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 232-253 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Prizes
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Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, 2002-present
Bachtler, John (Recipient), Jan 2008
Prize: Election to learned society
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Activities
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Regional Studies Association (External organisation)
John Bachtler (Advisor)
2016 → 2019Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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Regional Studies Association (External organisation)
John Bachtler (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
Impacts
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Impact of research on the implementation of EU Cohesion policy on the European Commission's legislative proposals for the reform of the policy
John Bachtler (Participant), Laura Polverari (Participant), Carlos Mendez (Participant), Martin Ferry (Participant), Irene McMaster (Participant) & Rona Michie (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Policy and legislation, Economic and commerce
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